her. An american bride in kabul by phyllis chesler. An american bride in kabul phyllis chesler palgrave macmillan fifth avenue, new york, ny , $, www.doorway.ru An american bride in kabul is the story of how a naïve american girl learned to see the world through eastern as well as western eyes and came to appreciate. Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn, embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. In , when she arrived in Kabul with her Afghan bridegroom, authorities took away her American passport Few westerners will ever be able to understand Muslim or Afghan society unless they are part of a Muslim family/5. An American Bride in Kabul is the story of how a naïve American girl learned to see the world through eastern as well as western eyes and came to appreciate Enlightenment values. This dramatic tale re-creates a time gone by, a place that is no more, and shares the way in which Chesler turned adversity into a passion for world-wide social, educational, and political reform.
Chesler's memoir, "An American Bride in Kabul," features a duality of voices—one of a young, winsome, and naive Jewish woman seeking a glorious adventure, the other of a "An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir," by Phyllis Chesler, pages, Palgrave Macmillan, October That is exactly what happened to Phyllis Chesler. Women are treated very differently in Afghanistan than they are in the United States and she soon discovered this after she married a man from Afghanistan and then later moved there. Read An American Bride in Kabul to find out more about. "Phyllis Chesler's 'An American Bride in Kabu'" is the most compelling autobiography I have read in a long time. It not only vividly tells us about women's In precise, pungent and, at times, granular detail, she summons a world festooned by fanatsy and myth. In "An American Bride in Kabul," she gives.
The blurb for An American Bride in Kabul by Phyllis Chesler is enticing -”Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn, embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. Chesler found herself unexpectedly trapped in a posh polygamous family, with no chance of escape. An American Bride in Kabul is a very courageous piece of work and I am in awe of Phyllis Chesler's determination to tell the truth of her experience, a truth which confirms the stories of so many Muslim women. This bride is American though and Jewish as well. It is not simply a memoir of a young woman who falls in love and discovers afterwards the cultural differences that exist between her and her husband's family, An American Bride in Kabul is about the rights of women. Phyllis Chesler is a fierce supporter of women's rights, especially in.
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